Money Heist (2017)
The perfect robbery.
To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 2 May 2017 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 3 December 2021 |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Created by | Álex Pina |
| Starring | Úrsula Corberó, Itziar Ituño and Álvaro Morte |
| Seasons | 3 seasons, 41 episodes |
| Episode length | about 70 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 48 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Rotten Tomatoes (average) 7.5/10 · TMDB users 8.2/10 |
Where to watch Money Heist
Money Heist is streaming on Netflix ($17.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 2 months of Netflix, or $35.98 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Money Heist is a 2017 Spanish crime drama, created by Álex Pina, that treats a bank robbery like a tightly sealed pressure cooker. It is for viewers who enjoy watching a plan unfold in real time, where every minute matters and no one blinks. The series runs 48 hours across 3 seasons and 41 episodes. That is a significant commitment. But the tension is engineered to keep you watching until the very last second.
What the critics said
Critics gave the first part a 92% Tomatometer score as of December 2021, with an average of 7.5 out of 10. It was well-received in Spain, though not universally. Natalia Marcos of El País called the show "daring, brazen and entertaining." Pauline Bock of New Statesman disagreed, finding it full of plot holes and corny love stories.
How it did with audiences
Money Heist didn’t leave a box office trail, so the ledger stays blank. No budget figures, no worldwide totals, just the quiet arithmetic of streaming numbers that never quite get reported. Audiences voted with their attention instead of their wallets. On TMDB, users rate it 8.2 out of 10. That is a high score for a show about stealing money. The math works out.
Awards
It took home 6 awards from 4 nominations. Pedro Alonso won a Feroz Award in 2017. Alba Flores picked up Iris Awards in 2018 and 2019. The series itself claimed the International Emmy for best drama series in 2018, the Fénix Award of Iberoamerican Cinema in 2018, and Iris Awards in 2017. A solid shelf of hardware for a show about bank robbers.
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Sources
- Money Heist on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q29647346 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Money Heist” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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